Title: JS Exclude and HTML Last modified: December 27, 2016 --- # JS Exclude and HTML * Resolved [elisahp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elisahp/) * (@elisahp) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/) * Hi Frank Thanks for the plugin 🙂 * A couple of questions- * 1. I am trying to exclude a js and followed your instructions in the FAQ “if you want to exclude all files of a specific plugin, e.g. wp-content/plugins/funkyplugin/ js/*, you can exclude for example “funkyplugin/js/” or “plugins/funkyplugin”. * However this didn’t work for me, I tried lots of combinations, in my case livemesh- siteorigin-widgets/assets/js, assets/js, plugins/livemesh… etc. and none worked. It worked only when I put in the actual script name, i.e. isotope.pkgd.min.js. * Do you have any idea as to why this is? It would be nice to know in case I have to exclude other things in the future as it was hard for me to figure out which actual script it was. * 2. Selecting the HTML optimisation causes my text to all turn bold. Any idea why? At the moment I have it switched off. * My site is [http://www.psych-fitness.com](http://www.psych-fitness.com). * (NB For 1. above in IE the widget in question doesn’t work on my site, so it can only be viewed in Chrome at present) * Cheers Elisa Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8594131) * weird, `/plugins/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/assets/js/` or `/plugins/livemesh- siteorigin-widgets` or `/assets/js/` really should work to exclude that isotope- JS. glad you found a workaround. * regarding HTML optimization; hard to say really, one would have to carefully compare the HTML between the optimized and original version in your favorite browser’s developer tools. but given the fact that HTML optimization has the smallest performance-impact, you could just leave that one off. * hope this helps, frank * Thread Starter [elisahp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elisahp/) * (@elisahp) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8595619) * Thanks for the quick reply Frank. * Further investigation reveals that yes they are being excluded i.e. when I exclude a folder, the js within that folder will show up in the ‘Network’ developer tool. However the widgets are still broken – very odd! * Another weird one on [http://www.psych-fitness/blog](http://www.psych-fitness/blog), the slidedeck was not working properly, I excluded the Slidedeck3 folder (still broken) then excluded every piece of js in the Slidedeck3 folder (still broken) then removed all that and just ticked your try-catch wrapping box, and fixed! * I do have a bunch of errors in the Console on the Home page though with names including autooptimise and isotope.pkgd.min.js, do I need to be concerned about this? * It seems it all works now (so far!) but thought I’d let you know the weirdness! * Cheers * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8595914) * had a quick look on your homepage, I see the same errors with autoptimize off( add `?ao_noptimize=1` to the URL to see that) so if all works as expected I think your good from an optimization point of view 🙂 * happy holidays, frank * Thread Starter [elisahp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elisahp/) * (@elisahp) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8596114) * Cool good to know thanks! I managed to fix the HTML issue too, I had a piece of CSS defining ‘strong’ as 700 which I didn’t need any more and removed which fixed the bold problem – not sure why but whatever works! * One last question – is it bad to have too much cache or minify going on? I have Autoptimize, WP Super Cache and Cloudflare which all cache, and Autoptimize and Cloudflare also both minify I believe. I also just added LazyLoad XT which also has an option load minimized versions of js and css. * Can these affect each other do you know? * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8596160) * > I have Autoptimize, WP Super Cache and Cloudflare which all cache, and Autoptimize > and Cloudflare also both minify I believe. I also just added LazyLoad XT which > also has an option load minimized versions of js and css. * The only potential issue I see here is if you have another plugin on your server( so not cloudflare) which also minifies JS and CSS. this could lead to unexpected results and could in some cases even break your site, so I would keep all as is but not use (the minify features) of LazyLoad XT. * Thread Starter [elisahp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elisahp/) * (@elisahp) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8596201) * Ok will do that thanks for your help 🙂 Hope you’re having a great Xmas. * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8596223) * you’re most welcome, enjoy your New-years-celebrations & have a great 2017! 🙂 Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘JS Exclude and HTML’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/autoptimize/assets/icon-256X256.png?rev=2211608) * [Autoptimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/reviews/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/js-exclude-and-html/#post-8596223) * Status: resolved